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Empty Chamber at Ballard Locks

December 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Looking down past one of the arms controlling a gate of the large chamber of the Ballard Locks, to see a normally submerged screen at the base of the chamber. The chamber’s been drained to clean it out.

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The Li’l Beaver Train

September 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A train, Ballard’s Li’l Beaver, makes a showing on the railroad tracks of the parking lot at the Ballard Locks.

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Sea Lion Moving Through Water

September 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A sea lion (possibly a seal) undulates its body just above the surface of the water after coming up to breathe.

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Sea Lions (or Seals) at the Locks

September 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A look at one of the half-dozen or so sea lions (or seals) that were feeding on spawning salmon just downstream from the Ballard Locks this past weekend.

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Commemorative Sign at Ballard Locks

September 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A sign technically on the Magnolia side of the Ballard Locks commemorates Thomas Heinrich Peterson, and along the way provides a piece of the history of the Puget Sound and Salmon Bay

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Coho Salmon

September 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A coho salmon (and one beneath it) makes its way slowly through the Ballard Locks.

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50th Anniversary Sign at Ballard Locks

September 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A sign commemmorating the 50th anniversary of the Ballard Locks in 1967-put up, oddly enough, not by a Ballard group, but by the Magnolia Community Club from across the water.

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Sign Found at the Ballard Locks

June 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A sign originally belonging to a workplace of some kind that has found its way into the pool of debris resting behind the spillway at the Ballard Locks.

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Salmon Smolt

May 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A smolt, though I’m not sure if it’s a salmon or another sort of fish, drifts in the waters of the fish ladder.

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Salmon Smolt II

May 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Another salmon smolt makes its way through the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks.

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